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This means body temperature is down, heart rate is down,
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blood pressure is down, lanugo is this interesting soft hair
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that some folks regrow--I'll show you a picture in a minute--
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it's normal in infancy, but in some people
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it reappears in anorexia nervosa.
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Edema, fluid retention and ankle swelling happens sometimes,
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blood counts are down, liver function tests can be abnormal,
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the reproductive axis--actually it's interesting.
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It's a brain based shut down of the reproductive axis.
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The way, believe it or not, and you guys may already know this
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which I probably didn't know until I finished medical school,
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the way the reproductive hormones are controlled